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The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has again pledged that the National Assembly will amend the current legislations that had impeded the administration of local councils in the country to guarantee the third tier of government full autonomy. Akpabio identified the state and local government joint accounts committee and the state Independent Electoral Commission laws as legislations that the National Assembly would amend to grant full autonomy to local governments in the country. The former governor of Akwa Ibom State, gave the assurance at Independence High School, Ukana, Essien Udim Local Government Area, shortly after participating in the…

The Member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Hon. Ibe Okwara Osonwa, has successfully concluded another batch of an intensive training program for farmers, focusing on women and youth, as part of the 5,000 Women/Youth Human Capacity Training, Skill Development, and Startup Grant initiative in the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency. This empowerment program, organized by Hon. Osonwa, was conducted in collaboration with the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria and SJG Ventures Nigeria Limited. Facilitators provided training on essential topics such as food storage, the production and preparation of organic manure, and strategies for becoming successful entrepreneurs. The highlight of the two-day program was…

The Action Peoples Party (APP)  has won 22 chairmanship positions out of 23 in the Rivers State local government election. According to The Punch, the Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, made this known on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. While declaring the results, Enebili said the announcement is suspended in Etche Local Government Area because the results collation is ongoing. He stated that the results for Etche LGA will be declared alongside that of the 319 councillorship seats at a later date. More to come…

Prominent legal practitioner, Etigwe Uwa (SAN), has expressed concerns over the process of nominating candidates for the November 2 local government elections in Abia State. Uwa, in a text on Saturday morning while reacting to the outcome of the primaries for the council elections, urged the state government to ensure a level playing field, where all parties, including LP, APGA, PDP, and APC, present credible candidates to allow the people to make informed choices. He reiterated his commitment to supporting good governance and warned against attempts to predetermine election results. “Let the process be free, fair, and credible, and may…

Chief Eleanya Kalu has emerged as the chairmanship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Ohafia local government chairman ahead of the October 2024 election in Abia State. The Whisperer reports that the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission(ABSIEC) has fixed November 2, 2024 as the date for the local government polls. The Whisperer gathered that Eleanya Kalu emerged as the candidate of the Labour Party following the endorsement of Governor Alex Otti. He hails from Abiriba community in Ohafia local government area. The Whisperer further gathered that Dr Eme Iro, another ally of Governor Otti was picked as his running…

Users of the Umuahia-Bende-Arochukwu-Ohafia road will soon heave a sigh of relief as the Federal Government has finally mobilised a new contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), to commence work on the collapsed sections of the road. This development follows a viral video from ABN TV’s How Your Area program, which highlighted the deteriorating state of the road, including the Onu Uduma Bridge, popularly known as the Nmuri Bridge, which was on the verge of total collapse due to persistent rainfall. Our correspondent gathered that the affected road is a federal and not a state government project. A major…

  Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has been spotted with President Bola Tinubu in a recent photo trending on social media. Omokri took to popular social media platform X to share the photo. He wrote on X to caption the photo he took with Tinubu: “Spending Independence Day with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa. May God bless Nigeria” Reactions have since trailed the photo of Reno Omokri with Tinubu. Some people questioned if this means he is about to be appointed as the new SA to the President on Media and Publicity following the resignation of Ajuri Ngelale. Others…

Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization, Dr. Orji Kalu has commiserated with the government and people of Adamawa state over the demise of Senator Jonathan Zwingina who represented Adamawa South Senatorial district in the National Assembly. Extolling the virtues of the deceased, Kalu stated that the late politician played various roles in nation building. The former Governor in a condolence message, urged the Zwingina family to sustain the remarkable qualities of the deceased. He said, "I mourn the passing of Senator Jonathan Zwingina. "The deceased was a consummate politician and philanthropist who served the nation in various capacities. "He made invaluable…

The Forum of South-East Academic Doctors (FOSAD) expresses its deepest condemnation of the recent setting ablaze of the National Open University Study Center in Ezeoke Nsu, Ehime Mbano Imo State, by unknown arsonists. This reprehensible act of violence, driven by a false video report that claimed the facility would be used to relocate and train repentant insurgents, is both disturbing and unacceptable.   FOSAD categorically states that the rumors circulating about the relocation of insurgents to the National Open University Study Center are entirely baseless and unfounded. We strongly condemn the spread of such misinformation, which has led to the…

The member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa has facilitated the renovation of a block of six classrooms at Abia Primary School in Ohafia Local Government Area. The classrooms, a part of federal intervention projects he is attracting to his constituency, is expected to be equipped with chairs, tables and modern instructional tools to replace the distressed blocks of classrooms in the school. “The goal is to have a conducive environment where pupils can learn and acquire knowledge that will further their educational pursuits,” Osonwa said in a chat with journalists. Similarly, the…